Yifei Ye is a professional race car driver who recently won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, find out more about him and his success with Ferrari below
Yifei has notably carved out a name for himself as one of the most promising talents in international motorsport with his success at a young age.
Ye Yifei became the first Chinese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, taking victory in the 2025 event on Sunday, alongside his AF Corse Ferrari teammates Pole Robert Kubica and Briton Phil Hanson.
Who is Ferrari race car driver Yifei Ye, bio, age, height, parents, nationality, net worth and Instagram
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The young driver has already won multiple titles across single-seaters and endurance racing despite his young age.
Yifei Ye wins 24 Hours of Le Mans
Yifei Ye has recently made history after becoming the first Chinese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright. Ye races for AF Corse alongside Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson in the #83 Ferrari 499P. The trio won the race after showing consistency, strategic brilliance, and raw pace, winning one of motorsport’s most iconic races.
Yifei Ye biography
Yifei Ye is a young and upcoming motorsports driver who was born on June 16, 2000 in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China but details about his parents aren’t known. He started out karting at the young age of 10 and quickly rose through the ranks. Ye eventually moved on from karting championships in China to dominating the French F4, Euroformula, and LMP2 series. Over the years, Ye has enjoyed a rapid and consistent trajectory in his career.
Ye’s path to this historic moment began in karting back in 2010, when he was just 10 years old and within two years, he had already claimed back-to-back China Karting Championship titles.
In 2016, at only 16, Ye captured the overall title in the French F4 Championship, becoming the first Chinese driver to win a single-seater championship in Europe and made his endurance racing debut in 2021 with G-Drive Racing, clinching the Asian Le Mans Series title alongside Austrian drivers Rene Binder and Ferdinand Habsburg in LMP2. He became an official Ferrari factory driver in 2024.
Age and height
Yifei Ye is currently 25 years old as of 2025, and stands approximately at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters).
Nationality
Yifei Ye is a Chinese national.
𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲. 🏆🏁
Congratulations @AFCorse, @R_Kubica, @Yifei_YE & Philip Hanson.#LeMans24 #WEC pic.twitter.com/kjPJEVTeqt
— 24 Hours of Le Mans (@24hoursoflemans) June 15, 2025
Career and stats
Ye started out karting back in 2010 and won back-to-back China Karting Championships in 2011 and 2012. He made his European competition debut back in 2013 after entering single-seaters in 2015. Ye has since dominated the 2016 French F4 Championship and notably won the 2020 Euroformula Open title.
Meanwhile, in endurance racing, Ye debuted in 2021 and immediately won both the Asian and European Le Mans Series in LMP2. Following a brief stint with Porsche, Ye joined Ferrari in 2024, and he is now a full-time WEC Hypercar competitor in 2025 and has now won his first Hypercar title. Given below are his career stats:
| Category | Data |
| FIA WEC Debut Season | 2023 |
| Current Team | AF Corse |
| Car Number | 83 |
| Total WEC Starts | 19 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 |
| Best WEC Finish | 9th (2023, 2024 LMH) |
| 24H Le Mans Best Finish | 1st (2025 Overall Win) |
| Class Wins at Le Mans | 1 (2025) |
Achievements
Given below is Yifei Ye’s career achievements:
- First Chinese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2025)
- ELMS LMP2 Champion (2021)
- ALMS LMP2 Champion (2021)
- Euroformula Open Champion (2020)
- French F4 Champion (2016)
Net worth
Yifei Ye has an estimated net worth of between $1 million and $3 million, with most of his earnings coming through his team contracts, sponsorships, and prize winnings across Europe and Asia.
Yifei Ye is quite active on Instagram, under the handle @yifei_ye, where he has over 22.3k followers and 294 posts.